Category: Psychoanalysis

Reading Karl Friston: A discussion of predictive coding and consciousness An Open Discussion facilitated by Maggie Zellner, PhD at NYPSI
By Categories: EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

The Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis of of the New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute

Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 10 am, The Marianne & Nicholas Young Auditorium, 247 E. 82nd Street, NYC

Free and open to the public: RSVP is appreciated but not required; first come, first-seated To register, click HERE, visit nypsi.org, or call 212.879.6900

In preparation for Mark Solms’ presentation in April, we will read and discuss a paper by Karl Friston on predictive coding, “free energy,” and consciousness. Together we will explore this dense but stimulating paper in an open discussion, facilitated by Maggie Zellner. We will focus on the first few pages of the paper. (Click on title to download PDF.)
Friston, K. The free-energy principle: a unified brain theory? Nat Rev Neurosci. 2010 Feb;11(2):127-38.
See other publications by Dr. Friston by clicking here.

Maggie Zellner, Ph.D., L.P. is a psychoanalyst, behavioral neuroscientist, and neuropsychoanalytic educator. She is the Executive Continue reading Reading Karl Friston: A discussion of predictive coding and consciousness An Open Discussion facilitated by Maggie Zellner, PhD at NYPSI

Emerging from the “House of Gaslight” in the Age of #METOO”
By Categories: Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Monica Lewinsky: Emerging from the “House of Gaslight” in the Age of #METOO””: On the 20th anniversary of the Starr investigation, which introduced her to the world, the author rfeflects on the changing nature of trauma, the de-evolution of the media, and the extraordinary hope now provided by the #MeToo movement by Monica Lewinsky in Vanity Fair in the March 2018 Issue.

Photo by Mingle Media TV. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

She Can’t Say “No” Open House and Clinical Presentation at MITPP
By Categories: EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
160 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 · (212) 496-2858, mitppnyc@aol.com · www.MITPP.org · on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

OPEN HOUSE LUNCHEON & CLINICAL PRESENTATION FOR THOSE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 1:00 PM –2:30 PM
SHE CAN’T SAY “NO”

The powerful challenges of treating a middle-aged, self-effacing, masochistic woman who tended to be a doormat in relationships will be described with a focus on the many trials such a treatment presented. The therapy lasted for two and a half years with a disappointing outcome and illustrates the dyad’s enactments and some of the difficulties of working with a highly defended, “neurotic” patient. Continue reading She Can’t Say “No” Open House and Clinical Presentation at MITPP

Psychoanalytic Reflections: Searching for a Passionate Neutrality with Sandra Buechler at AIP
By Categories: EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS Continuing Education Program: 2 CONTACT HOURS for licensed social workers
329 East 62nd Street — New York, NY 10065 — (212) 838-8044 — aipnyc.org — info@aipnyc.org
Psychoanalytic Reflections: Searching for a Passionate Neutrality Sandra Buechler, PhD
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018 Time: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

General Admission: $15 NO Charge for AIP Members, Candidates and Students & NO Charge KHC Staff & Students Contact Hours: 2

Overview:
Everything I have written can be understood as an effort to find a sufficiently passionate form of treatment. In one of the papers in my collection, Psychoanalytic Reflections: Training and Practice (2017, IP Books) I explore how profound feelings about life and health can be integrated into an analytic approach that also honors the concept of neutrality. In this talk I consider how the clinician can inspire active hope, engage in treatment emotionally, facilitate fighting depression, and other challenges.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to describe ways the clinician can integrate neutrality with a sufficiently emotionally engaged treatment approach. Continue reading Psychoanalytic Reflections: Searching for a Passionate Neutrality with Sandra Buechler at AIP